Congratulations guys that was an absolute master class in scrum dominance and put the fear in every other team in the world.
It was well deserved and coming for a while.
I don't for a minute think Ireland were cynical they were just totally under the pump and did very well to keep in the game.
I think the included video is a total load of rubbish and the guy who made it is taking the piss and looking for relevance in his life.
Can we look at 6 moments around the ruck. Two you call for yellow cards.
42 our nr 8 joins the ruck from the back foot and hits nr 12 straight on. they fall to the side.
1:03 our nr2 joins the ruck (but was it?) and faces off against your nr 13 directly in front of him and they fall to side.
2:04 your nr 8 joined the ruck from the back and ends up across the scrum also.
2:37 Your nr 15 running in from the side and blocking counter ruck.
3:16 Our nr 8 was the first man in (didn't release properly) he was behind the last foot and your nr 12 came straight in from the side and drives him across
4:21 RG looks like he is to the side?
The ruck is crazy and these incidents happen in every match. The ref must cannot penalise every incident and must let the game flow. Otherwise it is unwatchable. If I replay the full match I will see lots of similar ones
3:30 The offside. I saw several incidence during the match where the defender gets the timing wrong and goes offside and falls back onside before engaging. I specifically remember twice when the SA backline did it during the game. The refs rarely penalises these (certainly Carley doesn't) as they need to let the game flow.
27 the crock roll. A yellow card for this would be very harsh. It started fin and he as trying to lift him off and fell over first. Low level of danger.
2:03 your Nr 2 was one of the lifters and was fair game same as every kickoff. The fact he may have taken his hands off him for a millisecond and you want a penalty.
3:07 when the scrum is down it is normal for players to standup. Look at your nr7. They didn't come offside. What does he mean by this.
1:45 Doris was offside and he gave a penalty try. Ireland had 3 in the bin. To suggest a yellow card is a joke. First it is not a yellow card offence but imagine if he did for consistent offenses (which he already did) then the ref would seriously be under pressure to abandon the match for player safety. He used common sense.
The reason South Africa didn't put 50 points on us was because you have such dominance up front you are used to taking route 1. You have very talented backs but you don't prioritise any finesse in their attack. The teams that are underpowered up front make up for it by a more dynamic attack in the backs (Connacht). The Leinster backs attack has gone back at a rate of knots since Nienaber came onboard. I do not rate him at all. There is talk about him joining SA for the next world cup and I hope he does as if you get a good backs coach you would be totally unstoppable
Finally, I am still very disappointed about the personal attacks when I read through your forum. I know it is a cultural thing but man can you not disagree with respect.